Yarn scouring and dyeing machine



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YARN SGOURING AND DYBING MACHINE. No. 439,473. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIENRY JOSEPH CAMPBELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

YARN SCOURING AND DYEING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,473, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed July l2, 1890. Serial No. 358,508. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY JOSEPH CAMP- BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Yarn Securing and Dyeing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying' drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to improvements in yarn scouring and dyeing machines, the object being to provide a machine by means of which a more uniform and even color can be given tothe yarn than by the machines generally in use, and whereby the operation can be expeditiously performed; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective view of a machine embodying the invention, the casings for the gearing and bearings being removed. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of one of the flat turning bars or slats detached. Fig. 3 is an edge view of one of the large gears, showing its shaft, having its end fitted for attachment to the corresponding slat. Fig. i is a perspective view of the hinged doublebearing rail for the journals ofthe slats. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the machine, showing the covers on the bearings and gearing. Fig. G is a detail sectional view to show the arrangement of the yarn on the slats. Fig. 7 is alongitudinal section of the tub detached, to show grooves and sticks. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same with the turningbars removed. Fig. 9 is a transverse section thereof through a pair of grooves.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the frame of the 1n achine, preferably rectangular, and having formed within it the dye tank or tub a. At the ends of the frame are the uprights B, provided with opposite upturned hooks b to receive the slats (hereinafter described) when not in use.

C is a bearing-rail secured to the top of the tank on one side, and (1 is a hinged doublebearing rail secured thereto ou the opposite side, and provided in the meeting surfaces 0f each section c c with registering bearing-recesses, semicircular in cross-section, which together form the bearings c c.

D D are the yz-nn-turning slats, of wood, metal, or other suitable material. They are fiat and of suitable width and each provided at one end with a journal d to turn in a corresponding bearing c, the said journals and bearings being preferably conical. The said slats have at each end laterallyextended guard-plates d cl to prevent the yarn from slipping thereof, the journals d being outside of the guard-plates on the corresponding side. vided with angular longitudinal recesses (12tlg, which pass through the adjoining guardplates.

E E are similar equal-sized gear-wheels, provided with inwardly standing shafts e e, mounted in a bearing in the rail C, and having their ends made angular to fit into the corresponding recesses (Z2 in the yarn-slats.

Between each pairof gears E is a pinion F, gearing with both and having an inwardlystanding shaft journaled in a bearing-block c', secured to the rail E, and consequently the yarn-bearing slats are all rotated in the saine direction. The shaft of the pinion F at the front or operative end of the machine is eX- tended outward and its outer end journaled in a bearing in the upper end of a standard G, secured to and rising from a block or support g, whichis secured to the side of the main frame, and upon said shaft are mounted a pulley 1I, turning with said shaft., and a pulley Il', loose thereon. A belt h from any suitable motor (not shown) engages the pulley H, roiates the latter, and operates the machine, and can be shifted by an ordinary belt-shifting lever I, pivoted to the block G or other suitable support, to the pulley H when it is desired to suspend the operation.

In place of the described pulleys a loose pulley and a splined pulley with a connecting clutch may be used, but being a well-known At the opposite side the slats are pro-- IOO equivalent mechanism need not be shown nor further described.

As shown in Fig. 6, the yarn is turned over the slats, and at each'rotation of the latter, is turned and advanced, so that it moves from end to end in the dye-liquorsin the tub. K K are detachable covers of suitable shape to cover the upper parts of the bearings and gearing, so that oil therefrom may not escape into the dye-liquor.

When it is desired to remove the slats D to decant or add dye-liquor or for other purpose, the upper section c of the bearing-rail C is lifted on its hinge, the journals d lifted out, and the slats disengaged from the shafts of the gears E and placed in the opposite hooks of the uprights B.

The machine is simple, compact, and easilyT operated, producing a very uniform and even color.

L L are vertical grooves made in the inner sides of the tub below the ends of each slat, and not descending entirely to the bottom of the tub.

M M are transverse sticks with their ends inserted in opposite grooves L and passing through the loops of the yarn to prevent the yarn from rising to the top of the dye-liquor. The said sticks M do not bear heavily enough on the yarn to tighten or break it.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a yarn-dyeing machine, the combination, with the dyeing-tank and the iat rotatory yarn-bearing slats mounted thereon, of the equal-sized gear-wheels having inwardlystanding shafts journaled in the frames and having their inner ends made angular to t into similar recesses in the adjoining ends of corresponding slats,the equal-sized pinions between and meshing with adjacent gear- Wheels, and mechanism, substantially as described, vvhereby said gearing is rotated, substantially as specified.

2. In a yarn-dyeing machine, the combination,With the main frame, the bearing-rail C on one side thereof, and the hinged doublebearing rail C on the opposite side of said frame, having the bearings c c in its sections c c, of the detachable slats D, having the journals d resting in the bearing c' and the angular recesses d2 in their opposite ends, and the gear-Wheels E, having shafts e journaled in the rail C, and with their ends made angular to enter the recesses d?, substantially as specified.

3. In a yarn-dyeing machine, the combination, With a dyeing-tank having a series of vertical grooves in the interior thereof, of slats sliding in the said grooves, equal-sized gear- Wheels mounted upon angular shafts, angular turning-slats removably mounted upon the said shafts, and equal-sized pinions located between the gear-wheels' and meshing therewith, as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY JOSEPH CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. HENDERSON, WM. CAMPBELL. 

